A growing number of scientists are deliberately concealing tracking data to protect their location.
“Scientific data used to be accessible only through university subscriptions to specialized journals. But these days, there’s a push to remove those limitations and make it available to anyone who wants it. It’s a Catch-22—scientists now find themselves inadvertently putting animals at risk of exploitation by publishing and sharing their location and tracking information. And they’re grappling with what to do about it.”
